Lacing-stud for shoes



(No Model.)

J. L. JOYCE.

LAGING STUD FOR SEOEs. No. 253.717. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. JOYCE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

LAClNG-STUD FOR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,717, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed December 30, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH L. JoYcE, 'of' tical central section; Fig. 3,an old stud in vertical section.

This invention relates to an improvementin that classof shoe-fasteningswhich consist of a series of studs secured upon opposite sides of theopening, and then alacing run from the.

hook on one side to that on the opposite side, these studs or hooksbeinga substitute for the well-known eyelet.

In the usual construction of this class of studs they have beenmade, asseen in Fig.3,so as topresent an oval or rounded surface at their head.They are made from metal and fluished by a coat of japan baked thereon.

While this coating gives to the stud a neat and finished appearance, thesurface is exposed to hard wear to such an extent that soon the 0 japanis removed and the metal appears, so that (No model.)

The stud is of usual Eonstruction--thatis to say, it consists of a tube,a, to pass through the upper and be turned down upon theinside like aneyelet. The head is attached to or made a part of this tube a, and has anotch, I), made in one side to bring itinto hook shape, thesaid notchbeing for the purpose of receiving the lacing. Theupperendof thehookisrecessedthat is to say, a rim, d, is formed around the head,projecting upward, leaving the intermediate space,e,within therim d.thatsurface being below the upper edge of the rim. The stud isthen japanncdin the usual manner,an(l also attached to the shoe in the usual manner.The rim d around the head takes the wear and prevents contact with themain body or surface 0 within the rim. This rim is made very thin ornarrow, and while the japan on the extreme edge may wear away, it willexpose so little metal as not to deface the head of the stud, thesurface 0 remaining intact, because it cannot come in contact withanything to wear it.

By this construction the usual wear upon the head of the stud isprevented,because the rim around the edge prevents contact with thesurface of the head, and the neat, finished appearance of the stud ispreserved.

I claim-- As an article of manut'acture,the herein-described shoe-stitd,constructed with a rim, (1, projecting from its head, substantially asand for the purpose described.

JOS. L. JOYCE.

Witnesses:

J 0s. G. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

